4:46 PM,
Jan. 18, 2014

Lael Gray, executive director of the Jewish Community Center, in a classroom of the Shalom Childrens Center day care program at the JCC..

Written by

Barbara Blake,

By all accounts, Lael Gray is a well-adjusted woman who had a good childhood, has a great relationship with her family, loves her job as executive director of Asheville's Jewish Community Center and is an active player in issues important to her, particularly regarding children.

Gray has no debilitating disease, isn't overcoming a trauma or tragedy and enjoys a wealth of friends and admirers. She had a colorful assortment of earlier career experiences, ranging from filmmaking to graphic design to ownership of an ice cream parlor, and loved them all. She wakes each day feeling blessed and ...